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OCHIN Research continues to grow, and we want you to join us! Learn more about OCHIN Research, our priority areas of interest, and how you can get involved in all areas of the research pipeline, from idea development, to grant proposals, to funded projects.

The revised edition of the OCHIN Epic Colorectal Cancer Screening Improvement Guide brings together the full complement of OCHIN tools, reports, and recommended workflows. The Guide also features case studies by OCHIN members, highlighting successful innovations that improved this clinical quality measure, and patient outcomes.

Strategies for engaging with patients in order to improve and enhance research and clinical care are increasingly being implemented in the United States, yet little is known about best practices for, or the impacts of, meaningful patient engagement. Learn about a recently published study on how the Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network (ADVANCE) clinical data research network (CDRN) worked with patients, caretakers, clinicians and other stakeholders to codevelop the ADVANCE engagement framework.

The California Telehealth Network (CTN), under the OCHIN Family of Companies, received $197,000 in federal funds to launch the Opioid and Chronic Pain Telemedicine Project across seven rural counties in Northern California. This program aims to harness the power of technology in the national battle against opioid misuse.

New on Ella, OCHIN’s LMS, the OCHIN Epic Case Study Collection gathers stories written by OCHIN members, sharing their experiences that have successfully moved the dial on clinical quality measures and improved patient care in their clinics.

Opioid abuse and dependency is ravaging individuals, families, and communities in the United States. In response to this epidemic, OHSU Department of Family Medicine and OCHIN are beginning work on a five-year National Institutes of Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded project named EPICENTER. The project is designed to fill in critical gaps of knowledge around chronic opioid prescribing, misuse, outcomes, and associated community characteristics for safety net patients and clinics.

Care Everywhere Referrals Management (CERM) is a closed loop Epic-to-Epic referral solution that accelerates and streamlines the referral process. OCHIN has made it a strategic priority, to implement CERM with as many Epic partners as possible. Since this spring, OCHIN has made great strides toward meeting this goal.

In partnership with Care Everywhere Regional User Groups in California and Oregon, OCHIN is participating in setting statewide standards for CERM implementation.